Vietnam blogger ‘weak’ from hunger strike

The Australian

The Australian
22 July 2013

A WELL-KNOWN Vietnamese blogger, jailed for 12 years for anti-state propaganda, is “very weak” after a month-long hunger strike protesting at his treatment in prison, his family says.

Nguyen Van Hai – a founding member of the banned Free Journalists Club who is better known by his alias Dieu Cay – has not eaten for 30 days, according to his ex-wife Duong Thi Tan.

“He is very weak… He spoke softly and couldn’t sit up unaided,” she told AFP, following a visit to the prison by the couple’s son on Saturday.

She said Dieu Cay went on hunger strike to protest against his treatment in a prison in central Nghe An province, adding that her son had been allowed to talk to his father for five minutes “before they dragged him away”. Continue reading…